Patriot Growth Insurance Services LLC, which is backed by GI Partners and Summit Partners, has acquired Paul B. Sullivan Insurance Agency, a national insurance agency.

Wendel has agreed to acquire Adtalem Global Education's financial services segment for $487.5 million

AGA Benefit Solutions has acquired J&D Benefits, a Markham, Ontario-based customized benefit administration services provider, specializing in multi-provider, flexible benefits and multi-employer platforms.

Relation Insurance Services, which is backed by Aquiline Capital Partners, has acquired the assets of Georgia-based Allen Insurance Group, a provider of commercial lines insurance solutions.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Petershill Platform has made a minority investment in Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

Lovell Minnick Partners has invested in Warner Pacific, an employee benefits-focused general agency.

Mercer Advisors, which is backed by Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Raleigh, North Carolina-based Wrenn Financial Strategies Inc, a wealth management firm.

Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners has purchased additional shares in American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, a West Des Moines, Iowa-based retirement planning annuity provider.

Rappaport Reiches Capital Management has acquired Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Frederick Capital Management, an independent advisory firm.

Navacord Corp has acquired Ontario-based Group Lockhart and PGI Financial and New Brunswick-based Maritime Group Benefits, all insurance brokers.

Mercer Advisors, which is backed by Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Franklin, Tennessee-based HawsGoodwin, a wealth management firm.

CAIS, an alternative investment platform, has raised $225 million in funding.

Mercer Global Advisors Inc, which is backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Naples, Florida-based Cordasco Financial Network Inc, a wealth management firm.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has sold HomeVestors of America Inc to Bayview Asset Management.

ORIX USA has acquired a reinsurance cell from Midwest Holding Inc, a tech-driven life and annuity platform.

Canadian junior lender Penfund has made a $75 million second-lien and delayed-draw debt investment in Mariner Wealth Advisors, an Overland Park, Kansas-based wealth advisory business.

Hunter Point Capital has made an investment in Iron Park Capital, a New York-based public and private credit investment firm.

Patriot Growth Insurance Services, which is backed by GI Partners and Summit Partners, has made six Florida-based acquisitions: Kolisch Marine, Depace Insurance, MacLeish Insurance, Focus Insurance Agency, Herndon Carr & Company, and Crosslet Insurance Services.

WilliamsMarston, which is backed by Align Capital Partners, has acquired Oakland, California-based Bay Valuation Advisors, a provider of valuation advisory services.

Crosslake Technologies, which is backed by Falfurrias Capital Partners, has acquired Renna Partners.