Exhibit 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of Conseco, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, C. James Prieur, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my
actual knowledge:

          (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/ C. James Prieur
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C. James Prieur
Chief Executive Officer
March 31, 2009


     A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
been provided to Conseco, Inc. and will be retained by Conseco, Inc. and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.