Shareholders overwhelmingly OK Conseco name change
Carmel-based life and health insurer is now CNO Financial Group Inc. to reflect what company officers call a “transformation”
of the once-troubled firm.
Conseco/CNO Financial
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Conseco profit edges analyst expectations
The Carmel-based life and health insurer earned $33.9 million in the quarter, more than 38 percent higher than during the
same quarter a year earlier. Nearly all of that increase, however, was due to lower losses on investments and debt modifications.
Struggling firms stash away losses to cut future taxes
Conseco expects its write-offs will be worth more than $800 million over the next 20 years.
Conseco trims CEO’s pay but gives exec team raises
James Prieur’s total compensation fell 5 percent last year to $3.3 million, but other Conseco executives saw pay hikes between
25 percent and 54 percent.
Conseco cuts 20 jobs at Carmel headquarters
Conseco Inc. moved some of its customer-service work to India, prompting the local job reductions.
CEO: Conseco’s name no longer says insurance
Conseco Inc. CEO Jim Prieur says it’s time to change the company’s 27-year-old name partly because it’s become better associated
with a sports facility than with the insurer’s products.
Conseco seeking to change its name
Carmel-based insurer Conseco Inc. will ask shareholders to approve changing the company’s name to CNO Financial Group,
the company said Thursday morning.
Conseco shares fall after dip in fourth-quarter profits
Carmel-based insurer swings to a profit, but earnings from operations decline.
Conseco’s quarterly profit trimmed by legal costs
Carmel-based insurer Conseco Inc. has been profitable for four straight quarters.
Conseco raises nearly $223 million in stock offering
The Carmel-based life and health insurer immediately applied $161 million of the funds to its bank loans.
Conseco shoots for $222M in stock offering
The company plans to use at least $150 million to repay debt under its senior credit agreement. The remaining proceeds will
be used for general corporate purposes.
Conseco offering new shares at $4.73 apiece
Carmel-based insurer hopes to raise $234 million through public offering.
Conseco wins dismissal of GM Building lawsuit
A U.S. District judge threw out the lawsuit against Conseco, saying the company’s emergence from bankruptcy in September
2003 wiped out prior legal claims.
Conseco shares fall on weak profit forecast
Carmel-based insurer also wants to amend bank loans to assuage investor concerns ahead of $200 million stock offering.
Asking price for Hilbert estate drops below $10M
After more than four years on the market, the Carmel estate built for Conseco Inc. founder Stephen Hilbert is listed at
$9.9 million—less than half of the original asking price and a third of the $30
million it was estimated to be worth in 2001.
Reinsurance deal helps Conseco raise cash
Carmel-based Conseco’s second deal with Minnesota-based Wilton Reassurance Co. will bring in $45 million.
Conseco plans new stock offering
Conseco Inc. plans to sell about $230 million in stock and use half of the net proceeds to repay debt under its senior credit
agreement.
Inlow estate decision reversed by high court
The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered some good news to the widow of former Conseco Inc. Chief Counsel Lawrence
Inlow, reversing a lower court’s order that she pay his estate $284,034 for funeral expenses.
Conseco reports $15.4 million profit in third quarter
The Carmel-based life insurer’s third-quarter results exceeded Wall Street analysts’ predictions.
Conseco shares soar on hedge-fund investment
Shares of Carmel-based life insurer soared as much as 26 percent, to $6.30 apiece, in morning trading after New York-based
Paulson & Co. agreed to buy $78 million in Conseco stock and $200 million in company bonds.