UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 15, 2003


                                  CONSECO, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


   Indiana                                  1-9250               35-1468632
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(State or other                          (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of                          File Number)        Identification No.)
organization)

11825 North Pennsylvania Street
        Carmel, Indiana                                             46032
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(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)

                                 (317) 817-6100
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                 Not Applicable (Former name or former address,
                         if changed since last report.)


Item 5. Other Events.

     On August 15, 2003, Conseco, Inc. ("Conseco" or the "Company") and certain
of its subsidiaries filed a fifth amended joint plan of reorganization (the
"Plan") with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of
Illinois, Eastern Division (the "Bankruptcy Court"). A copy of the Plan is
attached hereto as Exhibit 2.2. The Company will emerge from Chapter 11 if and
when the Plan is confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and all conditions precedent
to consummation of the Plan have been satisfied or waived.

     The Plan and related court filings, are available at
http://www.bmccorp.net/conseco.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits

     2.2      Fifth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Conseco, Inc. and
              its affiliated Debtors dated August 15, 2003.











                                   SIGNATURES

     According to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                           CONSECO, INC.

August 20, 2003
                                           By:  /s/ John R. Kline
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                                                John R. Kline
                                                  Senior Vice President and
                                                  Chief Accounting Officer