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): January 8, 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 and Regulation FD Disclosure.
  
            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 "Interim NOL Order") to assist
  Conseco, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors") in
  preserving their net operating losses by prohibiting sales and other transfers
  of equity securities of the Debtors by Substantial Equityholders (as defined in
  the Interim NOL Order) without the consent of the Debtors. A copy of the Interim
  NOL Order was filed on Conseco, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December
  18, 2002.
  
            On January 8, 2003, Conseco, Inc. filed with the Bankruptcy Court an
  amended final order (the "Amended Final Order") that makes certain technical
  amendments to the Interim NOL Order, and is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
  Report. The Amended Final Order will be considered at a hearing before the
  Bankruptcy Court currently scheduled for January 14, 2003.
  
            The Interim NOL Order, the Amended Final Order and all related court
  filings can be accessed at http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov or
  http://www.bmccorp.net/conseco.
  
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
            (c)     Exhibits
  
                    99.1     Amended final NOL Order (including exhibits thereto).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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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.
  
  January 10, 2003
                                             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): January 8, 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 and Regulation FD Disclosure.
  
            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 "Interim NOL Order") to assist
  Conseco, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors") in
  preserving their net operating losses by prohibiting sales and other transfers
  of equity securities of the Debtors by Substantial Equityholders (as defined in
  the Interim NOL Order) without the consent of the Debtors. A copy of the Interim
  NOL Order was filed on Conseco, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December
  18, 2002.
  
            On January 8, 2003, Conseco, Inc. filed with the Bankruptcy Court an
  amended final order (the "Amended Final Order") that makes certain technical
  amendments to the Interim NOL Order, and is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
  Report. The Amended Final Order will be considered at a hearing before the
  Bankruptcy Court currently scheduled for January 14, 2003.
  
            The Interim NOL Order, the Amended Final Order and all related court
  filings can be accessed at http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov or
  http://www.bmccorp.net/conseco.
  
  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
            (c)     Exhibits
  
                    99.1     Amended final NOL Order (including exhibits thereto).
  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.
  
  January 10, 2003
                                             By:  /s/ John R. Kline
                                                  ------------------------
                                                  John R. Kline
                                                    Senior Vice President and
                                                    Chief Accounting Officer