A domestic mutual life insurer authorized to write the kind of business defined in N.J.S. 17B:17-3, which life insurer may also be authorized to write other kinds of business under Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes, may pursuant to the provisions of this act reorganize into a domestic stock life insurer that may be or become a subsidiary of another stock corporation that is or has been organized for the purpose of acquiring, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the common stock of the reorganized insurer, provided that the use of a mutual insurance holding company shall not be permitted.
N.J.S. § 17:17C-2