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Conseco Bankruptcy Is Nation's Third Largest

Published December 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The nation's seventh-largest insurance company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing by Conseco, Inc., is the third largest in U.S. history behind WorldCom and Enron. Will Murphy of member station WFIU reports.

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