Aggressive efforts to depopulate state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will leave the company with “well under” 1 million policies by the end of 2024 — the first time in years that the policy count has declined. Fewer policies means less exposure and lower chances that nearly all of the state’s insurance customers will face assessments if a series of major hurricanes strike the state. Jeremy Pope, the company’s chief administrative officer, shared the projection with members of the company’s Market Accountability Advisory Committee on Wednesday. It would mark a steep reduction from the 1.24 million policies reported in September and the first time since 2021 that the company has finished a year with fewer than 1 million policies.