"Sedgwick, a global risk and claims administration partner, published its 2026 forecasting report identifying key AI trends across sectors. The results contend that 70% of Fortune 500 executives surveyed say their companies have AI risk committees, 67% report progress on AI infrastructure, and 41% have a dedicated AI governance team. Yet only 14% say they are fully ready for AI deployment, underscoring a growing gap between formal governance structures and real-world AI readiness."
"Executives have clearly moved fast to formalize oversight. Many organizations now have AI councils, risk committees, and policies on paper. But the foundations needed to operationalize those frameworks-processes, controls, tooling, and skills embedded in day-to-day work-have not kept pace. The findings are based on a survey of senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies, including C-suite executives (CEO, COO, CFO, CHRO, CRO) as well as EVPs, SVPs, VPs, and directors."
"Sedgwick's report finds that the leading implementation challenge is the rapid pace of AI change, followed by difficulties in executing governance and managing data privacy. Regulatory uncertainty and change management also rank as major hurdles. These barriers are mostly organizational and process-oriented rather than purely technical, suggesting that companies will succeed only if they align people, policy, and technology at the same time, according to the report."
Seventy percent of Fortune 500 executives report AI risk committees, 67% report progress on AI infrastructure, 41% have dedicated AI governance teams, but only 14% say they are fully ready for AI deployment. Many organizations have AI councils, risk committees, and policies on paper while processes, controls, tooling, and skills embedded in day-to-day work have not kept pace. Leading implementation challenges include the rapid pace of AI change, difficulties executing governance, and managing data privacy; regulatory uncertainty and change management also rank high. Survey respondents include C-suite and senior executives across Fortune 500 companies.
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