As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2003
                                                                  No. 333-32621
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                 POST-EFFECTIVE
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                    FORM S-3
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                                  Conseco, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Indiana                                   35-1468632
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                            11825 N. Pennsylvania St.
                              Carmel, Indiana 46032
                                 (317) 817-6100
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

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                             Karl W. Kindig, Esquire
                                  Conseco, Inc.
                            11825 N. Pennsylvania St.
                              Carmel, Indiana 46032
                                 (317) 817-6708:
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
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      Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent
                        for service, should be sent to:
                                  James S. Rowe
                              Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
                                200 East Randolph
                                Chicago, IL 60601

        Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
  As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

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          If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.[ ]
          If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.[X]
          If this Form is filed to registered additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.[ ]
          If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering.[ ]
          If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box.




          Pursuant to the Registrant's undertaking in Item 17 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby withdraws this Registration
Statement, including all amendments and exhibits thereto, with respect to the
unsold portion of securities registered hereon. The Registrant completed the
issuance of all the shares registered pursuant to this Registration Statement on
various dates and no shares remain unsold.



















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                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Conseco,
Inc. has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carmel,
State of Indiana, on September 10, 2003.

                                     CONSECO, INC.


                                     By: /s/William J. Shea
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                                        William J. Shea, President and
                                        Chief Executive Officer


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          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on September 10, 2003.

        Signatures                          Title
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/s/William J. Shea             President and Chief Executive Officer and
------------------------------ Director
William J. Shea


/s/Eugene M. Bullis            Executive Vice President and Chief
------------------------------ Financial Officer
Eugene M. Bullis


/s/John R. Kline               Senior Vice President and Chief
------------------------------ Accounting Officer
John R. Kline














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