  We present results from the first high resolution, high S/N, spectrum of SN
2002ic. The resolved Halpha line has a P Cygni-type profile, clearly
demonstrating the presence of a dense, slow-moving (100 km/s) outflow. We have
additionally found a huge near-IR excess, hitherto unseen in type Ia SNe. We
argue that this is due to an IR light-echo arising from the pre-existing dusty
circumstellar medium. We deduce a CSM mass probably exceeding 0.3Msun produced
by a mass loss rate greater than several times 10^-4 Msun/yr. For the
progenitor, we favour a single degenerate system where the companion is a
post-AGB star. As a by-product of our optical data, we are able to provide a
firm identification of the host galaxy of SN 2002ic.
