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): 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.)
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  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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                                     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
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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): August 15, 2003
  
                                    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 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
                                                  ------------------------
                                                  John R. Kline
                                                    Senior Vice President and
                                                    Chief Accounting Officer