The purpose of this article is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance, including the business of life settlements, in accordance with the intent of congress as expressed in Public Law 15, 79th Congress, by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such practices in this state that constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices so defined or determined.
N.Y. Ins. Law § 2401