New Vitality Serious Illness proposition goes live

“Far more attuned to adviser and client requirements”

John Brazier
clock • 2 min read

Vitality’s new Serious Illness Cover (SIC) proposition has gone live today (28 February), designed to offer reduced complexity and provide advisers with greater flexibility.

First announced in early February alongside a consolidated income protection product, with the new SIC offering split into three products - SIC 1X, SIC 2X and SIC 3X - with varying levels of coverage. Serious Illness Cover 1x represents the ‘Core' offering, covering 114 conditions on a severity basis, while the second level of cover (2x) covers an additional 29 conditions for a total of 143. The 2x product pays up to twice the full sum assured over the length of the plan through multiple claims on conditions "typically covered in full by critical illness plans," including those within...

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