Section 431:6-317 - Common stocks(a) To meet the requirements under section 431:6-201, an insurer may invest any of its funds in common shares of stock that are filed with the SVO or are considered "filing exempt" by the Purposes and Procedures Manual of the SVO, or its successor publication; provided that an insurer's amount of investment in common stocks and in non-dividend paying stocks made pursuant to this section and in common trust funds, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds made pursuant to section 431:6-322 shall not exceed the greater of twenty-five per cent of its admitted assets or one hundred per cent of its surplus as regards to policyholders as defined in section 431:6-101.(b) An insurer may invest any of its funds in common shares of stock in solvent United States corporations after satisfying the requirements under section 431:6-201.(c) An insurer's aggregate amount of investment in non-dividend paying stocks shall be subject to the limitations in section 431:6-104.L 1987, c 347, pt of §2; am L 2008, c 142, §8; am L 2009, c 77, §4 .