EXHIBIT 23.4



               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
Green Tree Financial Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(No.  333-56611)  on Form S-3 of Conseco,  Inc. of our report dated  January 27,
1998,  except as to Note O which is as of February 13, 1998, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Green Tree Financial Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1997 and 1996,  and the related  consolidated  statements  of
operations,  stockholders'  equity  and cash  flows for each of the years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the Form 8-K
of Conseco,  Inc.  dated June 3, 1998 and to the reference to our firm under the
heading  "EXPERTS"  in the  Registration  Statement.  Our  report  refers to the
Company's adoption of the Financial  Accounting  Standards Board's Statement No.
125   "Accounting   for  Transfers   and  Servicing  of  Financial   Assets  and
Extinguishments of Liabilities," in 1997.



                                                    /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
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