SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K



                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934





Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 2, 2002
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                                      UICI
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                                                  
                  Delaware                            001-14953                75-2044750
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation      (Commission File           (IRS Employer
              or organization)                         Number)              Identification No.)

4001 McEwen Drive, Suite 200, Dallas, Texas                                       75244
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                                      (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (972) 392-6700
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 5. OTHER EVENTS

    SUN LITIGATION

        As previously disclosed, UICI and Ronald L. Jensen (the Company's
    Chairman) are parties to litigation (Sun Communications, Inc. v. SunTech
    Processing Systems, LLC, UICI, Ronald L. Jensen, et al) (the "Sun
    Litigation") with a third party concerning the distribution of the cash
    proceeds from the sale and liquidation of SunTech Processing Systems, LLC
    ("STP") assets in February 1998.

        Effective April 2, 2002, the Company and Mr. Jensen entered into an
    Assignment and Release Agreement, which is intended to effectively transfer
    the Company's 80% interest in STP to Mr. Jensen and to terminate the
    Company's active participation in, and limit the Company's financial
    exposure associated with, the Sun Litigation. In accordance with the terms
    of the Assignment and Release Agreement, on April 2, 2002 Mr. Jensen made a
    total payment to UICI of $15.6 million and granted to UICI various
    indemnities against possible losses which UICI might incur resulting from
    the Sun Litigation, including (i) any losses arising from the breach of
    fiduciary duty claim asserted by Sun against the Company and Sun's related
    claim for attorneys' fees, (ii) Sun's claim for attorneys' fees arising out
    of the distribution issue in the Sun Litigation, and (iii) all other claims
    of any nature asserted by Sun against the Company in the Sun Litigation
    arising out of or relating directly to the March 1997 agreement governing
    the distribution of cash proceeds from the sale and liquidation of STP. In
    exchange therefor, (i) UICI assigned to Mr. Jensen all of UICI's right,
    title and interest to the funds held in the registry of the Court in the Sun
    Litigation and released Mr. Jensen from any and all obligations arising
    under the Jensen 1996 Guaranty and the Assurance Agreement; (ii) UICI
    granted to Mr. Jensen an option, exercisable at a nominal exercise price, to
    transfer to Mr. Jensen UICI's 80% interest in STP; and (iii) UICI granted to
    Mr. Jensen an irrevocable proxy to vote UICI's membership interest in STP
    on all matters coming before the members of STP for a vote.

    SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE LITIGATION

        As previously disclosed, on June 1, 1999, the Company was named as a
    nominal defendant in a shareholder derivative action captioned Richard
    Schappel v. UICI, Ronald Jensen, Richard Estell, Vernon Woelke, J. Michael
    Jaynes, Gary Friedman, John Allen, Charles T. Prater, Richard Mockler and
    Robert B. Vlach, which was filed in the District Court of Dallas County,
    Texas (the "Shareholder Derivative Litigation").

        On December 21, 2001, the District Court of Dallas County, Texas,
    approved the terms of a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release between UICI
    and each of Richard J. Estell, Vernon Woelke, J. Michael Jaynes, Gary L.
    Friedman, John E. Allen, Charles T. Prater, Richard T. Mockler, and Robert
    B. Vlach (collectively, the "Individual Defendants"), on the one hand, and
    Richard Schappel and Mr. Schappel's counsel, on the other hand. Pursuant to
    the Settlement Agreement, the parties reached agreement with respect to the
    payment of attorneys' fees and expenses on termination of the Shareholder
    Derivative Action, and the Court also entered a Modified Final Judgment in
    the case, vacating certain findings of fact that formed a part of an earlier
    ruling by the Court rendered on October 14, 2001. The Settlement Agreement
    and the Modified Final Judgment had the effect of fully and finally
    resolving the matters in dispute in the Shareholder Derivative Litigation
    between UICI and the Individual Defendants, on the one hand, and Mr.
    Schappel, on the other hand. The terms of the settlement did not have a
    material effect on the results of operations or financial condition of UICI.

        In accordance with the terms of a Release Agreement, dated as of April
    2, 2002, the Company has agreed to release Mr. Jensen from any and all
    claims that the derivative plaintiff in the Shareholder Derivative
    Litigation brought or could have brought against Mr. Jensen on behalf of
    UICI in the Shareholder Derivative Litigation, and Mr. Jensen agreed to
    waive and release UICI from any obligation to indemnify Mr. Jensen for any
    future costs and/or out-of-pocket expenses associated with any claims that
    the derivative plaintiff brought or could have brought against Mr. Jensen in
    the Shareholder Derivative Litigation.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF
1995:



Certain statements in this report are "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Such statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
including, but not limited to, the following: changes in general economic
conditions, including the performance of financial markets, and interest rates;
competitive, regulatory or tax changes that affect the cost of or demand for the
Company's products; health care reform; the ability to predict and effectively
manage claims related to health care costs; and reliance on key management and
adequacy of claim liabilities.

The Company's future results will depend in large part on accurately predicting
health care costs incurred on existing business and upon the Company's ability
to control future health care costs through product and benefit design,
underwriting criteria, utilization management and negotiation of favorable
provider contracts. Changes in mandated benefits, utilization rates, demographic
characteristics, health care practices, provider consolidation, inflation, new
pharmaceuticals/technologies, clusters of high-cost cases, the regulatory
environment and numerous other factors are beyond the control of any health plan
provider and may adversely affect the Company's ability to predict and control
health care costs and claims, as well as the Company's financial condition,
results of operations or cash flows. Periodic renegotiations of hospital and
other provider contracts coupled with continued consolidation of physician,
hospital and other provider groups may result in increased health care costs and
limit the Company's ability to negotiate favorable rates. Recently, large
physician practice management companies have experienced extreme financial
difficulties, including bankruptcy, which may subject the Company to increased
credit risk related to provider groups and cause the Company to incur
duplicative claims expense. In addition, the Company faces competitive pressure
to contain premium prices. Fiscal concerns regarding the continued viability of
government-sponsored programs such as Medicare and Medicaid may cause decreasing
reimbursement rates for these programs. Any limitation on the Company's ability
to increase or maintain its premium levels, design products, implement
underwriting criteria or negotiate competitive provider contracts may adversely
affect the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

The Company's Academic Management Services Corp. business could be adversely
affected by changes in the Higher Education Act or other relevant federal or
state laws, rules and regulations and the programs implemented thereunder may
adversely impact the education credit market. In addition, existing legislation
and future measures by the federal government may adversely affect the amount
and nature of federal financial assistance available with respect to loans made
through the U.S. Department of Education. Finally the level of competition
currently in existence in the secondary market for loans made under the Federal
Loan Programs could be reduced, resulting in fewer potential buyers of the
Federal Loans and lower prices available in the secondary market for those
loans.

Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
        AND EXHIBITS

                                   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.

                                                              UICI
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                                                    (Registrant)

Date     April 2, 2002                 By       /s/ Matthew R. Cassell
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                                                    Matthew R. Cassell
                                                    Vice President and Chief
                                                    Financial Officer