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): December 18, 2002
  
  
                                    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
                           (Former name or former address,
                           if changed since last report.)
  <PAGE>
  
  
  Item 5.   Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
  
            On December 17, 2002, Conseco, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries
  (collectively, the "Debtors") filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter
  11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code").
  
            In connection with this filing, on December 18, 2002, the United
  States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the "Bankruptcy
  Court") granted a motion, and entered an interim order on the docket (the "NOL
  Order"), effective as of December 19, 2002 at 12:01 a.m. central time, to assist
  the Debtors in preserving their net operating losses by prohibiting without the
  consent of the Debtors all sales or other transfers of equity securities in the
  Debtors by Substantial Equityholders (as defined below) or that result in any
  person becoming a Substantial Equityholder. The order will remain in effect
  until the Bankruptcy Court holds a hearing to reconsider the appropriateness of
  the interim relief. A hearing is currently set for January 14, 2003.
  
            In general, the NOL Order applies to any person or entity that,
  directly or indirectly, beneficially owns (or would beneficially own as the
  result of a proposed transfer) at least 5% of the equity securities of the
  company on an as-converted basis (such entity, a "Substantial Equityholder").
  Any purchase, sale or other transfer of equity interests in the Debtors in
  violation of the NOL Order will be null and void.
  
            The above summary of certain terms of the NOL Order is qualified in
  its entirety by the NOL Order and the related motion (including exhibits
  thereto), which are attached as an exhibit hereto.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
            (c)     Exhibits
  
                    99.1     NOL Order (including exhibits thereto), related
                             motion (including exhibits thereto) and Notice of
                             Final Hearing on the Equity Trading Motion.
  
                    99.2     Press release issued December 18, 2002.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                             CONSECO, INC.
  
  December 19, 2002
                                             By:  /s/ John R. Kline
                                                  ------------------------
                                                  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): December 18, 2002
  
                                    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 and Regulation FD Disclosure.
  
            On December 17, 2002, Conseco, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries
  (collectively, the "Debtors") filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter
  11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code").
  
            In connection with this filing, on December 18, 2002, the United
  States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the "Bankruptcy
  Court") granted a motion, and entered an interim order on the docket (the "NOL
  Order"), effective as of December 19, 2002 at 12:01 a.m. central time, to assist
  the Debtors in preserving their net operating losses by prohibiting without the
  consent of the Debtors all sales or other transfers of equity securities in the
  Debtors by Substantial Equityholders (as defined below) or that result in any
  person becoming a Substantial Equityholder. The order will remain in effect
  until the Bankruptcy Court holds a hearing to reconsider the appropriateness of
  the interim relief. A hearing is currently set for January 14, 2003.
  
            In general, the NOL Order applies to any person or entity that,
  directly or indirectly, beneficially owns (or would beneficially own as the
  result of a proposed transfer) at least 5% of the equity securities of the
  company on an as-converted basis (such entity, a "Substantial Equityholder").
  Any purchase, sale or other transfer of equity interests in the Debtors in
  violation of the NOL Order will be null and void.
  
            The above summary of certain terms of the NOL Order is qualified in
  its entirety by the NOL Order and the related motion (including exhibits
  thereto), which are attached as an exhibit hereto.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
            (c)     Exhibits
  
                    99.1     NOL Order (including exhibits thereto), related
                             motion (including exhibits thereto) and Notice of
                             Final Hearing on the Equity Trading Motion.
  
                    99.2     Press release issued December 18, 2002.
  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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                             CONSECO, INC.
  
  December 19, 2002
                                             By:  /s/ John R. Kline
                                                  ------------------------
                                                  John R. Kline
                                                    Senior Vice President and
                                                    Chief Accounting Officer