CODE OF VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF PURPOSE (§ 38.2-500) The purpose of this chapter is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of Congress as expressed in the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1011 through 1015, by defining and prohibiting all practices in this Commonwealth that constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices. HISTORY: 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-49; 1986, c. 562.