As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2003
Registration No. 333-19783

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
 FORM S-8
 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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 Street                           46032
          Carmel, Indiana                              (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	

Bankers Life Holding Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan
 (Full Title of Plan)
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Karl W. Kindig
Conseco, Inc.
11825 N. Pennsylvania Street
Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 817-6708
Copy to:
James S. Rowe
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
200 East Randolph
Chicago, IL 60601

PART I
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Conseco, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the "Company"), previously registered shares of its common stock, no par value per share ("Common Stock"), on Form S-8, File No. 333-19783. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to remove from registration all shares of Common Stock which remain unsold thereunder.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement 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
   ------------------------------------
   William J. Shea, President and Chief
   Executive Officer	

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
----------------------------  -----------------------------------------

/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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