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

FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2012



CNO Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
001-31792
75-3108137
(State or Other
 Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
11825 North Pennsylvania Street
Carmel, Indiana  46032
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(317) 817-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 18, 2012, the judge in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as Daniel B. Nicholas, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Conseco Life Insurance Company, Cause No.12cv845 (the “Nicholas case”) approved the motion to intervene and approved the motion to transfer venue to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which motions had been filed by the plaintiff in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California as Celedonia X. Yue, M. D. on behalf of the class of all others similarly situated, and on behalf of the General Public v. Conseco Life Insurance Company, Cause No. CV11-9506 AHM (SHx). As disclosed in the Form 8-K filed by CNO Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on April 20, 2012 and in the Form 10-Q filed on May 4, 2012, Conseco Life Insurance Company (“Conseco Life”), a subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a preliminary settlement with the plaintiff in the Nicholas case. The preliminary settlement remains subject to court approval. Conseco Life is considering whether to appeal the approval of the motions to intervene and to transfer venue to the California court.



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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.

 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
 
 
 Date: May 21, 2012
 
 
 
By:
 
 
/s/ John R. Kline
 
 
 
John R. Kline
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 




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