content: 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): June 4, 1998
  
  
  
                                    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
                                --------------------
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
                                   Not Applicable
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                           (Former name or former address,
                           if changed since last report.)
  
  
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.
  
            On June 4, 1998, Conseco,  Inc.  ("Conseco")  announced the pricing of
  $550 million of unsecured 6.4 Percent  MandatOry Par Put  Remarketed  Securities
  ("MOPPRS") due June 15, 2011. As part of the MOPPRS structure,  Salomon Brothers
  Inc  purchased an  option to remarket the securities as of the remarketing  date
  of June 15,  2001.  After  considering  the  price for the  remarketing  option,
  Conseco will have an effective  borrowing rate through the  remarketing  date of
  5.57 percent.  If the remarketing  option is exercised in 2001, these securities
  will bear interest at a rate  determined by specified  procedures  for a 10 year
  period.
  
            Conseco  also  announced  the  pricing of $250  million of 6.8 percent
  unsecured  notes due June 15, 2005.  The notes were priced at 99.756  percent of
  par to yield approximately 6.844 percent.
  
            Conseco  intends to use the net proceeds  from the sale of these notes
  to repay outstanding commercial paper.
  
  
  
  <PAGE>
  
  
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
            AND EXHIBITS.
  
        (a) -- (b) Not applicable.
  
        (c)      Exhibits.
  
                 4.22.3   6.8%  Note due June 15, 2005  issued  under  the  Senior
                          Indenture (one of several  identical  notes  aggregating
                          $250 million).
  
                 4.22.4   6.4% MandatOry  Par  Put  Remarketed Securities Note due
                          June 15, 2011 issued under the  Senior Indenture (one of
                          several identical notes aggregating $550 million).
  
  
  
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                                      SIGNATURE
  
            Pursuant 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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                        CONSECO, INC.
  
  
  DATE:  June 8, 1998                   By:  /s/ ROLLIN M. DICK
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Rollin M. Dick
                                             Title: Executive Vice President
                                                    and Chief Financial Officer
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     -----------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
                         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                     -----------
  
           Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 1998
  
                                    CONSECO, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
      Indiana                            1-9250                35-1468632
    ----------------                    -----------            -------------------
     (State or other                   (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
     jurisdiction of                    File Number)           Identification No.)
      organization)
  
      11825 North Pennsylvania Street
           Carmel, Indiana                                       46032
    --------------------------------------                     ----------     
  (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)
  
                                   (317) 817-6100
                                --------------------
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
                                   Not Applicable
                           -------------------------------
                           (Former name or former address,
                           if changed since last report.)
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.
  
            On June 4, 1998, Conseco,  Inc.  ("Conseco")  announced the pricing of
  $550 million of unsecured 6.4 Percent  MandatOry Par Put  Remarketed  Securities
  ("MOPPRS") due June 15, 2011. As part of the MOPPRS structure,  Salomon Brothers
  Inc  purchased an  option to remarket the securities as of the remarketing  date
  of June 15,  2001.  After  considering  the  price for the  remarketing  option,
  Conseco will have an effective  borrowing rate through the  remarketing  date of
  5.57 percent.  If the remarketing  option is exercised in 2001, these securities
  will bear interest at a rate  determined by specified  procedures  for a 10 year
  period.
  
            Conseco  also  announced  the  pricing of $250  million of 6.8 percent
  unsecured  notes due June 15, 2005.  The notes were priced at 99.756  percent of
  par to yield approximately 6.844 percent.
  
            Conseco  intends to use the net proceeds  from the sale of these notes
  to repay outstanding commercial paper.
  ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
            AND EXHIBITS.
  
        (a) -- (b) Not applicable.
  
        (c)      Exhibits.
  
                 4.22.3   6.8%  Note due June 15, 2005  issued  under  the  Senior
                          Indenture (one of several  identical  notes  aggregating
                          $250 million).
  
                 4.22.4   6.4% MandatOry  Par  Put  Remarketed Securities Note due
                          June 15, 2011 issued under the  Senior Indenture (one of
                          several identical notes aggregating $550 million).
  SIGNATURE
  
            Pursuant 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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                        CONSECO, INC.
  
  DATE:  June 8, 1998                   By:  /s/ ROLLIN M. DICK
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Rollin M. Dick
                                             Title: Executive Vice President
                                                    and Chief Financial Officer