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): August 5, 2009


                                  CONSECO, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


   Delaware                               001-31792               75-3108137
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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
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                        (Former name or former address,
                          if changed since last report)


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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On August 5, 2009, Conseco Inc. (the "Company") issued additional financial
information related to the Company's financial and operating results for the
quarter ended June 30, 2009, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated herein by reference.

     The information contained under Item 2.02 in this Current Report on Form
8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed"
for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
Section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not
be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.


Item 9.01(d).  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     The following materials are furnished as exhibits to this Current Report on
Form 8-K:

        99.1    Second Quarter 2009 Financial and Operating Results for the
                period ended June 30, 2009.







                                   SIGNATURES

     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, hereunto duly authorized.

                                           CONSECO, INC.

August 5, 2009
                                           By:  /s/ John R. Kline
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                                                John R. Kline
                                                  Senior Vice President and
                                                  Chief Accounting Officer