Gundersen HealthPlan Inc. and Unity HealthPlans Insurance Corp. closed a merger agreement.

The boards of both companies unanimously approved the mergerafter it cleared the regulatory process, according to a May 4 news release.

Gundersen Health Plan and Unity Health Insurance will be operatedby a consolidated management team. Customers will continue to be serviced from existinghealth plan offices located in Middleton, Onalaska and Sauk City, Wis.

Gundersen Health Plan is a unit of Gundersen Health System and Unity Health Insurance is anaffiliate of UW Health.