content: 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: April 10, 1996
  
  
  
                                    CONSECO, INC.
  
                               State of Incorporation:
                                       Indiana
  
        Commission File Number                           IRS Employer Id. Number
              No. 1-9250                                      No. 35-1468632
  
                       Address of Principal Executive Offices:
                           11825 North Pennsylvania Street
                                Carmel, Indiana 46032
  
                                    Telephone No.
                                   (317) 817-6100
  
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                           CONSECO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
  
  
  
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
  
       The unaudited pro forma consolidated  financial statements of Conseco, Inc.
  and its  consolidated  subsidiaries  ("Conseco" or the  "Company"),  attached as
  Exhibit 99.1, present Conseco's  financial position and results of operations as
  of and for the year ended December 31, 1995,  giving pro forma effect to several
  transactions  which  occurred  during  1995 and the first  quarter  of 1996,  as
  described  in the  notes  accompanying  the  pro  forma  consolidated  financial
  statements.
  
       The  pro  forma  consolidated  financial  statements  are  not  necessarily
  indicative  of what the  financial  position or results of  operations  actually
  would  have  been if the  transactions  had  occurred  at the  dates  indicated.
  Furthermore, the pro forma consolidated financial statements are not intended to
  be  indicative  of  Conseco's  future  financial  position or future  results of
  operations  and should be read in conjunction  with the historical  consolidated
  financial  statements and related notes thereto  included in Conseco's Form 10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 1995.
  
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                           CONSECO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
  
  
  
  
  ITEM 7(c).      EXHIBIT.
  
  
  99.1     Pro forma Consolidated Financial Statements of Conseco, Inc. and
           Subsidiaries
  
  
  
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                           CONSECO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
  
                                      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.
  
  
  
  Date: April 10, 1996
  
                                        CONSECO, INC.
  
  
  
  
                                        By:/s/ROLLIN M. DICK
                                           ---------------------------
                                           Rollin M. Dick
                                           Executive Vice President
                                             and Chief Financial Officer
  
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text: 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: April 10, 1996
  
                                    CONSECO, INC.
  
                               State of Incorporation:
                                       Indiana
  
        Commission File Number                           IRS Employer Id. Number
              No. 1-9250                                      No. 35-1468632
  
                       Address of Principal Executive Offices:
                           11825 North Pennsylvania Street
                                Carmel, Indiana 46032
  
                                    Telephone No.
                                   (317) 817-6100
  CONSECO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
  
       The unaudited pro forma consolidated  financial statements of Conseco, Inc.
  and its  consolidated  subsidiaries  ("Conseco" or the  "Company"),  attached as
  Exhibit 99.1, present Conseco's  financial position and results of operations as
  of and for the year ended December 31, 1995,  giving pro forma effect to several
  transactions  which  occurred  during  1995 and the first  quarter  of 1996,  as
  described  in the  notes  accompanying  the  pro  forma  consolidated  financial
  statements.
  
       The  pro  forma  consolidated  financial  statements  are  not  necessarily
  indicative  of what the  financial  position or results of  operations  actually
  would  have  been if the  transactions  had  occurred  at the  dates  indicated.
  Furthermore, the pro forma consolidated financial statements are not intended to
  be  indicative  of  Conseco's  future  financial  position or future  results of
  operations  and should be read in conjunction  with the historical  consolidated
  financial  statements and related notes thereto  included in Conseco's Form 10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 1995.
  
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  CONSECO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
  ITEM 7(c).      EXHIBIT.
  
  99.1     Pro forma Consolidated Financial Statements of Conseco, Inc. and
           Subsidiaries
  
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  CONSECO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  
                                      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.
  
  Date: April 10, 1996
  
                                        CONSECO, INC.
  
                                        By:/s/ROLLIN M. DICK
                                           ---------------------------
                                           Rollin M. Dick
                                           Executive Vice President
                                             and Chief Financial Officer
  
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