Conseco: 3 good ones in a row

Carmel — Insurer Conseco reported its third consecutive profitable quarter this week.

The third quarter generated $15.4 million in income, CEO Jim Prieur said in a statement. Income per diluted share for the quarter of August, September and October was 29 cents, down from 31 cents in the same quarter a year earlier.

Conseco’s Bankers Life business and Medicare supplemental insurance were among winners for the company in the quarter, the statement said. (Star report)