EXHIBIT (h)(9)

                AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, SCHEDULE A

         THIS AMENDMENT to Schedule A of the Participation Agreement by and
among, First American Insurance Portfolios, Inc. ("FAIP"), a Minnesota
corporation, U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. ("USBAM"), a Delaware
Corporation (FKA U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Asset Management), and Conseco
Variable Insurance Company ("Conseco"), a Texas Life insurance company, on
behalf of itself and each of its segregated asset accounts, is made and entered
into this 13th day of March, 2002, and is effective as of the 25th day of April
2001.

         WHEREAS, FAIP, USBAM and Conseco previously entered into a
Participation Agreement ("Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS, Schedule A of such Agreement set forth various segregated
asset accounts and contracts which were permitted to invest in the FAIP funds;
and

         WHEREAS, the Conseco Variable Account L, a Conseco Variable Universal
Life Contract, is a segregated asset account that was not included in the
initial Schedule A; and

         WHEREAS, the parties intended that the Conseco Variable Account L, a
Conseco Variable Universal Life Contract, be included in the initial Schedule A
as one of the segregated asset accounts permitted to invest in the FAIP funds.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Amendment, intending to be legally
bound, agree as follows:

         1. Schedule A is hereby amended to include the Conseco Variable Account
L, a Conseco Variable Life Contract, a form of which is attached hereto.

         2. This amendment is effective as of the 25th day of April 2001.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment to
the Participation Agreement on the date first above written.

FIRST AMERICAN INSURANCE                 U.S. BANCORP ASSET MANAGEMENT,
PORTFOLIOS, INC.                         INC.

By: /s/ Jeff Wilson                      By: /s/ Robert H. Nelson
Name: Jeff Wilson                        Name: Robert H. Nelson
Its: VP                                  Its: COO


CONSECO VARIABLE INSURANNCE
COMPANY

By: /s/ Jon Davis
Name: Jon Davis
Its: Senior Vice President


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                                   SCHEDULE A
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                           Amendment to Schedule A to

       Participation Agreement, Effective as of the 25th day of April 2001



FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACTS


o   First American Insurance Portfolios, Inc.:

         Large Cap Growth Portfolio Class IB Shares

         Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Class IB Shares

SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS


Conseco Variable Annuity Separate Account C - Maxiflex Individual Contract
                                              Maxiflex Group Contract

Conseco Variable Annuity Separate Account E - Achievement/Education Series
                                              Contracts

Conseco Variable Annuity Separate Account F - Conseco Advantage Series Contract

Conseco Variable Annuity Separate Account G - Monument Series Contract

Conseco Variable Annuity Separate Account H - Advantage Plus Series Contract

Conseco Variable Annuity Separate Account I - Conseco Advantage Strategy Series

Conseco Variable Account L                  - Conseco Variable Universal Life
                                              Contract


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